Capparis tomentosa

Capparis tomentosa

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Brassicales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Brassicales

Familia: Capparaceae
Genus: Capparis
Species: Capparis tomentosa

Name

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Capparis tomentosa Lam., 1785

Synonyms

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  • Capparis alexandrae Chiov.
  • Capparis biloba Hutchinson & Dalziel
  • Capparis corymbifera E. Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.
  • Capparis corymbosa Lam.
  • Capparis floribunda Lepr. ex Walp.
  • Capparis persicifolia A. Rich.
  • Capparis polymorpha Rich.
  • Capparis puberula DC.
  • Capparis verdickii De Wildeman
  • Capparis volkensii Gilg

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
      • South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Benin, Somalia, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Ghana, Niger, Togo, N-Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Sao Tome, Eritrea, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia, N-Yemen

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Wollerige kapperbos
English: Woolly Caper-bush
Soomaaliga: Gombor lik
SiSwati: iNkunzibovu, imPhololwane
Kiswahili: Mbada paka
ትግርኛ: Andel
Xitsonga: Khawa
Tshivenda: Gwambazi
isiZulu: iQwaningi, uMabusane
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